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provides measurement of the contractile

force of muscle cells by mechanically

deforming the length of the muscle

fiber. Advice received from: National

Institutes of Health, June 8, 1998.

Docket Number: 98–017. Applicant:

University of Colorado Health Sciences

Center, Denver, CO 80262. Instrument:

High Intensity Xenon Flashlamp

System, Model MJL–C1. Manufacturer:

Hi-Tech Scientific, Germany. Intended

Use: See notice at 63 FR 15831, April 1,

1998. Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) A three-lens quartz

condenser, (2) a flash repetition rate of

0.05–10 Hz and (3) pulse length from

400–1500 ns. Advice received from:

National Institutes of Health, June 8,

1998.

The National Institutes of Health

advises in its memoranda that (1) the

capabilities of each of the foreign

instruments described above are

pertinent to each applicant’s intended

purpose and (2) it knows of no domestic

instrument or apparatus of equivalent

scientific value for the intended use of

each instrument.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus being manufactured in the

United States which is of equivalent

scientific value to any of the foreign

instruments.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 98–18304 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 070298G]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

convene public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

July 20–24, 1998.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held

at the Lafayette Hilton and Towers, 1521

West Pinhook Road, Lafayette, LA;

telephone: 318–235–6111.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; telephone: (813) 228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Council

July 22

8:30 a.m.—Convene.

8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.—Receive

presentation on Fisheries Issues of

Mutual Interest to Mexico and U.S.A.

9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon—Receive

public testimony on: (1) Total Allowable

Catch (TAC) (2) Draft Mackerel

Amendment 9; and, (3) Draft Essential

Fish Habitat (EFH) Amendment.

Draft Mackerel Amendment 9

contains the following alternatives: (1)

Possible changes to the fishing year for

Gulf group king mackerel; (2) Possible

prohibitions of sale of Gulf mackerel

caught under the recreational allocation;

(3) Possible reallocations of TAC for the

commercial fishery for Gulf group king

mackerel in the Eastern Zone; (4)

Possible reallocations of TAC for Gulf

group king mackerel between the

recreational and commercial sectors to

70 percent recreational and 30 percent

commercial; (5) Possible establishment

of two (2) subdivisions of TAC for the

commercial, hook-and-line allocation of

Gulf group king mackerel by area for the

Florida west coast; (6) Possible

subdivisions of TAC for commercial

Gulf group king mackerel in the Western

Zone (Alabama through Texas) by area,

season, or a combination of area and

season; (7) Possible trip limits for

vessels fishing for Gulf group king

mackerel in the Western Zone; (8)

Possible additional restrictions on the

use of net gear to harvest Gulf group

king mackerel off the Florida west coast;

including a phase-out, a moratorium on

additional net endorsements with

requirements for continuing existing net

endorsements, restrictions on the

transferability of net endorsements, and

restriction of the use of nets to primarily

the waters off Monroe and Collier

Counties; (9) Possible increase in the

minimum size limit for Gulf group king

mackerel to 24 or 26 inches fork length;

(10) Possible re-establishment of an

annual allocation or a TAC percentage

of Gulf group Spanish mackerel for the

purse seine fishery with consideration

of trip limits and area restrictions; (11)

Possible retention and sale of cut-off

(damaged) legal-sized king and Spanish

mackerel within established trip limits.

Following is a summary of the Draft

EFH Amendment: (1) EFH is identified

and described based on areas where

various life stages of 21 selected

managed species and the coral complex

commonly occur. The selected species

are shrimp; red drum; reef fish; coastal

migratory pelagic species; stone crab;

spiny lobster; and the coral complex; (2)

The selected species represent about a

third of the species under management

by the Council. Collectively, these

species commonly occur throughout all

of the marine and estuarine waters of

the Gulf of Mexico. Consequently, EFH

for the remaining managed species

would be included with that of the

species discussed. EFH for the

remaining managed species will be

further addressed in future Fishery

Management Plan (FMP) amendments,

as appropriate; (3) EFH is defined as

everywhere that the above managed

species commonly occur. Because these

species collectively occur in all

estuarine and marine habitats of the

Gulf of Mexico, EFH is separated into

estuarine and marine components. For

the estuarine component, EFH includes

all estuarine waters and substrates

(mud, sand, shell, rock, and associated

biological communities), including the

sub-tidal vegetation (seagrasses and

algae) and adjacent inter-tidal vegetation

(marshes and mangroves). In the marine

waters of the Gulf of Mexico, EFH

includes virtually all marine waters and

substrates (mud, sand, shell, rock, and

associated biological communities) from

the shoreline to the seaward limit of the

Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ); (4)

Threats to EFH from fishing and

nonfishing activities are identified; (5)

Options to conserve and enhance EFH

are provided and research needs are

identified; (6) No management measures

and, therefore, no regulations are

proposed at this time. Fishing-related

management measures to minimize any

identified impacts are deferred to future

amendments when the Council has the

information necessary to decide if the

measures are practicable.

1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.—Take final

action on the EFH Amendment.

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.—Take final

action on Mackerel Amendment 9.

July 23

8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.—(Closed

Session) Appointment of Reef Fish

Stock Assessment Panel Member.

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.—Receive an

update on Bycatch Reduction Device

(BRD) evaluations.

9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.—Consider an

amendment to the Statement of

Organizational Practices and Procedures

(SOPPs) to revise or temporarily

suspend Section VI, term of office for

chairs.

9:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.—Receive a

presentation on the Options Paper for

the Generic Sustainable Fisheries Act

(SFA) Amendment.
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July 24

8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Shrimp Management

Committee.

8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Budget Committee.

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Ad Hoc Vessel Monitoring

Committee.

9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Ad Hoc Sustainable

Fisheries Committee and Law

Enforcement Committee.

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.—Receive a

report on the Council Chairman’s

Meeting.

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.—Receive a

report on the NMFS Billfish/Highly

Migratory Species Advisory Panels

meetings.

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.—Receive a

report on the U.S. Coast Guard

Enforcement Workshop.

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.—Receive a

report on the Gulf and South Atlantic

Fisheries Development Foundation

(G&SAFDF) Shrimp Effort Meeting.

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.—Receive a

report on the G&SAFDF Red Snapper

Meeting.

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.—Receive the

South Atlantic Fishery Management

Council (SAFMC) Marine Reserve

Workshop Report.

11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.—Receive the

SAFMC Liaison Report.

11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.—Receive

Enforcement Reports.

11:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon—Receive

Directors’ Reports.

12:00 noon - 12:15 p.m.—Other

business to be discussed.

July 20

8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon—Convene a

joint meeting of the Shrimp, Stone Crab,

and Spiny Lobster Management

Committees to consider the Options

Paper on the Sustainable Fisheries Act

Amendment.

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.—Convene the

Shrimp Management Committee to

consider reports on overfishing of

shrimp stocks, the Tortugas shrimp

fishery, and fishing violations in the

Tortugas Shrimp Sanctuary.

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.—Convene the

Mackerel Management Committee to

consider actions of the SAFMC on

Amendment 9 and take final action.

Also to consider further regulatory

action in setting TAC.

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.—Convene the

Ad Hoc Vessel Monitoring Committee to

receive an update on Vessel Monitoring

System Trials.

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.—Convene the

Budget Committee to receive a status

report on the CY 1998 Budget and to

consider cost saving policies.

5:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.—Convene a joint

meeting of the Ad Hoc Sustainable

Fisheries Committee and the Law

Enforcement Committee to consider

allowable gear regulations.

July 21

8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon—Convene a

joint meeting of the Mackerel, Reef Fish,

and Red Drum Management Committees

to review the Options Paper on the SFA

Amendment.

1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.—Convene the

Habitat Protection Committee to

consider recommendations for final

action on the Draft EFH Generic

Amendment.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before the

Council for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation Act, those issues may not

be the subject of formal action during

this meeting. Action will be restricted to

those issues specifically identified in

the agenda listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Anne Alford at the

Council (see ADDRESSES) by July 13,

1998.

Dated: July 6, 1998.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–18308 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance, the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title, Associated Forms, and OMB

Number: Defense Federal Acquisition

Regulation Supplement (DFARS),

Appendix F, Material Inspection and

Receiving Report; DD Forms 250, 250C,

250–1; OMB Number 0704–0248.

Type of Request: Extension.

Number of Respondents: 34,180.

Responses Per Respondent: 228.

Annual Responses: 7,800,000.

Average Burden Per Response: 8

minutes (average).

Annual Burden Hours: 988,000.

Needs and Uses: The collection of this

information is necessary to process

inspection and receipt of materials and

payments to contractors under

Government contracts. The information

collection includes the requirements of

DFARS Appendix F, Material Inspection

and Receiving Report; the related clause

at DFARS 252.246–7000; and the DD

Form 250; DD Form 250C; and, DD

Form 250–1. The clause at DFARS

252.246–7000 is used in contracts that

require separate and distinct

deliverables. The clause requires the

contractor to prepare and furnish to the

Government a material inspection and

receiving report (DD Form 250) in a

manner and to the extent required by

DFARS Appendix F. The report is

required for material inspection and

acceptance, shipping, and payment.

Affected Public: Business or Other

For-Profit; Not-For-Profit Institutions.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Weiss at the Office of Management

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room

10236, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, CA 22202–4302.

Dated: July 6, 1998.

Paticia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 98–18313 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 98–49]

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense

Security Assistance Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is

publishing the unclassified text of a

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.

This is published to fulfill the